A History of the Popes 1830-1914

Owen Chadwick

A History of the Popes 1830-1914

Owen Chadwick

Description

Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento; and not only from Italy, but from liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Tsarist Russia as it oppressed its Polish subjects. If a united Italy was to be achieved, the State would have to disappear. These pressures caused Popes to resist "the world" rather than to try to influence it, to make the Vatican more of a sanctuary behind high walls, and to preach the more otherworldly aspects of Catholic faith. At the same time they met new moral demands: the rights of the laborer in industry, divorce, and toleration--which they could confront because the Revolution had destroyed the powers of the Catholic kings over their churches. Thus, Chadwick points out, Catholic authority could be far more centralized in Rome.

A History of the Popes 1830-1914

Owen Chadwick

Table of Contents

1. Gregory XVI2. A Liberal Pope, 1846-18483. Catholic Power4. The Making of Italy5. The Need for a Council6. The Prisoner of the Vatican7. Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)8. Pope Pius X (1903-1914)9. Nationality and Religion: Tyrol and Poland10. Nationality and Religion: Spain11. Nationality and Religion: Portugal12. The Religious13. Catholic Universities14. The Idea of Reunion15. Saints in the Modern World

A History of the Popes 1830-1914

Owen Chadwick

Reviews and Awards

"...quintessential Chadwick : history well researched, attentive to primary sources, covering a wide range of literature....a magisterial study."--Church History

"Possessing a vast knowledge of the facts, an unerring eye for significant detail, a ready wit, and a facile style, Chadwick reveals a mastery of the Latin, Italian, French, German, English, and Spanish sources."--Journal of Church and State

"A superb account of the papacy between the French Revolution and the Great War. His study is comprehensive, lucid, and fair." --First Things

"...this book will benefit students, scholars and serious readers of ecclesiastical history....This book should remain a standard in the field of papal studies for years to come."--History

"Chadwick offers, in this his latest contribution to the Oxford History of the Church series, some important insights into changing papal attitudes toward the modern State by chronicling the historic relationship between the papacy and the emerging European democracies of the nineteenth century." The Chesterton Review